Symantec recently announced the acquisition of Clearwell Systems, making a move which came to no surprise to folks working in the Archive, E-discovery arena. However in this day and age of “smash and grab” acquisitions in the IT industry, it was nice to see a partnership come together that makes good sense, both business and technology wise!

By now most IT managers have heard the buzz around “e-discovery”. Depending on who is asking about it or requesting it, what they expect could be vastly different from what you plan on implementing. With my experience of implementing and supporting e-discovery solutions, I hope to clear up some of the confusion around e-discovery’s nomenclature and shed some light on some e-discovery solutions that provide the most bang for their buck. First off, let’s define e-discovery.